disinherit

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Recent Examples of disinherit But in a twist worthy of a telenovela, Rivera disinherited Chiquis just two months before her death. Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024 For speaking honestly in King Lear, Cordelia is disinherited and then executed by her lying sisters. Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2024 Earlier this month, the California Supreme Court ruled against the niece, Brianna McKee Haggerty, finding that Bertsch’s later amendments that disinherited Haggerty were valid. Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2024 This presents a similar dilemma to the wife disinheriting her husband in a preceding discussion. Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for disinherit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disinherit
deprive
Verb
  • Over the course of several weeks in June and July, CNN followed a group of Palestinian women facing an awful choice between risking their own lives, which could deprive their families of their only remaining provider, or watching their children starve.
    Sarah El Sirgany, CNN Money, 30 July 2025
  • Not only negligence, but accident or fraud, fire or theft, might deprive an individual of his office.
    Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 29 July 2025

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